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rthille··on DevOps is a failure
Back in the late 90's I worked on a system that shipped on 4 different chip architectures, 4 different (unix-based) operating systems, dealt with different endianness and was more reliable and easier to understand. And it was more responsive to users with 1990's hardware than stuff is today. :shrug:
rthille··on IBM's Asshole Test
Once again, WE WERE ON A BREAK!
rthille··on The Unreasonable Math of Type 1 Diabetes
My nephew was 22 when diagnosed: https://www.healthline.com/diabetesmine/charlie-kimball-diab...
rthille··on 13 years sailing around the world
I watch Sailing Uma on Youtube. Young couple started with very little money and have over 6+ years built up quite a following and apparent income. They in one video addressed the idea that they have to put their entire life online to pay for their lifestyle with the statement that they put out <60 minutes/week, certainly much less than "their entire life" and they seem to spend much more time enjoying life than I do as a computer programmer.
rthille··on The case against masks at school
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations_vacc-... I guess it depends on what you mean by vaccinated: 75.1% of total us population has had at least on dose (79.8% of eligible (>= 5 yr) Fully vaccinated drops to 63.6/67.6% And Boosted is at only 41% of the fully vaccinated, 86.5M.
rthille··on Apple Preps Next Mac Chips with Aim to Outclass Highest-End PCs
My 2010 MBP 17" has a higher than 1080p resolution (1920x1200), and the "Early 2009" did too: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook...
rthille··on Apple Preps Next Mac Chips with Aim to Outclass Highest-End PCs
Well, on the current Mac Pro, going from 32GB to 1.5TB is $25K, but you also have to upgrade to the higher spec CPU @ $6K.
rthille··on Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable Mac computers
Getting one via their refurbished store is an option, if you're lucky and they have what you want: https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/mac/mac-mini
rthille··on Ask HN: What are some good methods to prove current time?
You just mail the unsealed envelope, add the content later and you’ve forged the time.
rthille··on Apple Fitness+
You're not paying attention. Apple discontinued the Time Capsule and Airport product lines in 2018: https://www.macworld.com/article/3269361/apple-discontinues-... And a media streamer box isn't a TV
rthille··on Quadsort: a stable non-recursive merge sort
In the 1990's, NeXT had a demo of their threading capabilities, and you could select a bunch of different sorts to run in parallel. Doesn't seem to be much still "live" on the net about it though: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22SortingInAction%22
rthille··on Time safety is more important than memory safety
That's what docker images are for :-)
rthille··on Xfinity Is Man-in-the-Middle Attacking My Internet
The also MITM DNS and cache negative responses. Comcast sucks.
rthille··on AMD Rome Second Generation EPYC Review: 2x 64-core Benchmarked
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1485447-REG/amd_100_1...

B&H Photo is a reputable site, and they are advertising the 3900X at $499. Now whether they will ship anytime soon...

rthille··on Sick marine mammals turning up on California beaches
Warmer water supports less oxygen and life, so less stuff to see through. Not sure if that's the case here, but waters in the tropics are much more clear, but support much less life vs a kelp forest off CA.
rthille··on 2FA on the command line
I take the secret from the initial signup (2d-barcode/hex string) and encrypt it with my public keys (private keys are on 2 different Yubikeys) and then distribute them to 3 different computers. Overkill, especially given that encrypted local iPhone backups store the GoogleAuthenticator secrets, but it means I won't lose my 2FA secrets if I lose my phone.
rthille··on Previous: NeXT computer hardware emulator
The name 'NeXT Computer'? Blame Steve Jobs...
rthille··on Apple Lays Off 200 Employees from Autonomous Car Unit
As for parking in a field, I'd want it to drop me off closest to the entry and then head to wherever the site wanted it to park.
rthille··on Nobody Cares About OAuth or OpenID Connect
When I read about that, I lost my mind. People who give their banking creds to someone who isn't their bank are insane.
rthille··on Nobody Cares About OAuth or OpenID Connect
Interesting, someone I worked with at a previous job left there to go to Okta. He did our Django/python Auth stuff. His Linkedin says he's still at Okta.
rthille··on Fully Bideniable Interactive Encryption
I must read too much about politics, I took the title as a dig against former VP Biden, rather than "bi-deniable". :-)
rthille··on Project Alias hacks Amazon Echo and Google Home to protect privacy
Dropping in causes the Alexa to light up and play a tone, so not exactly stealthy.
rthille··on Would you still pick Elixir in 2019?
Sees post recommends https://nerves-project.org for IoT Clicks thru Sees that Nerves is an excellent platform for IoT and only requires a base of 12MB and Linux. Quickly backs away.
rthille··on Tesla haters are parking their pickup trucks at Tesla Supercharger stations
Escalation would be Tesla owners placing caltrops under the tires of the trucks.
rthille··on I Found the Best Burger Place in America, Then I Killed It
My thought for a solution to the food-tourist problem in cases like this is that if you've got ID that says you're local, great you're welcome. If not, well we've got 3-5 slots/day for those...
rthille··on A 100k Botnet Turns Home Routers to Email Spammers
Yeah, DNS rebinding attacks can allow malicious Javascript running inside the network attack the router from the LAN side.
rthille··on Mac mini Late 2018 Teardown
Sadly, my 2010 MBP 17" is not Mojave compatible :sob:
rthille··on 2018 Mac Mini Review
Caps-Lock is a waste of a key. NeXT had it right by using Command-Shift (without any other keys) to turn on/off Caps-Lock.
rthille··on 2018 Mac Mini Review
http://surveys.ap.org/data%5CGfK%5CAP-GfK%20Petside%20Like-D... "almost everyone like cats!" Would definitely be false :-)
rthille··on Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results
I've had my 6s since Sept 2015. It reports battery capacity as 86% of new, and still not throttled. I'll probably get the $29 battery replacement before the end of the year, just in case and keep the phone at least another year, if not 2. Previous phone was a 4s, bought Oct 2011. So, I guess I'm saying, "me. I keep my phone that long, or nearly so."
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